"Make Us Ready to REceive"

Make Us Ready to Receive!

Deuteronomy 1:8

“See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

Every new year brings new opportunities and challenges. May the Lord prepare us to receive something new this year to improve our lives.

Many people begin the year by making New Year’s resolutions and promises, but that approach rarely works well.
To receive from God, we must believe that he has prepared something for us.

We need to dismiss thoughts of not being worthy or deserving of God’s blessings. We may imagine and speculate what God will do for us, but we do not really know. Amen

(1 Corinthians 2:9) However, as it is written: “What no eyes has seen, what no hear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him.

To receive from God, we must believe he will do as he says. We cannot lean into our own understanding or dwell too much on the past because we might miss seeing God’s hand at work.

(Isaiah 43:19) See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

When God nudges us forward, we cannot allow fear to keep us in our comfort zone or be satisfied with our current situation.

We cannot keep talking ourselves out of what God wants us to do or what He wants to do in our lives.

Let us remember our history with God and be ready to receive. We can trust him and respond in obedience.

We can ask the Holy Spirit to help us receive God’s blessings in our lives. God wants us to step out and receive the blessings he has in store for us. Amen.

He is a Gracious God and He can help us to be ready for whatever he has prepared for us and for us to be in the right position to receive as he awakens us into the newness of life each day.
So, again God has plans for us and He wants to bless us.